Annu Rani News
Annu Rani's remarkable season-best throw of 62.92 meters not only secured India's 15th gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games but also etched her name in India's sporting history as the first-ever Indian woman to secure gold in the women's javelin throw at the Asian Games.
Before Rani, Kashinath Naik and Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra had won a bronze and a gold in the men's javelin throw respectively.
Check highlights of the Women's javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships 2022.
Annu Rani will take place in the final of the Javelin Throw at World Athelics Championships
Check Live Updates from Neeraj Chopra's javelin event at the World Athletics Championships 2022 here.
In this collection of photos, we will take you through all the important information about India's javelin thrower Annu Rani who qualified for the final of the World Athletics Championships 2022.
Annu Rani qualified for the final with a throw of 59.60 metres.
Neeraj Chopra, who has a world ranking of No. 4, is the second-highest ranked in Group A as Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch is also in this group. Vadlejch has a season’s best of 90.88m.
Annu Rani entered her second successive final in the World Athletics Championships and achieved her best throw in her third attempt.
Indian javelin thrower Annu Rani made an eighth-place finish in the final of the women's javelin throw event at the ongoing IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha on Tuesday.
Annu Rani has created history by becoming the first Indian to reach the finals of the women's javelin throw in the World Championships.
Javelin thrower Annu Rani and 1500m athlete Monika Chaudhary were ruled out of the 2018 Asian Games.
Annu, who won a bronze in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, threw the javelin to a distance of 60.01m to erase her own earlier national mark.
The two-leg Indian GP Series and the Federation Cup will provide an early start to the Rio countdown for Indian athletes who are hoping to book their Rio Olympics berths.
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